Pope Pius X sensed something was afoot. The spread of modernism had taken root in Catholic seminaries and schools around the world. So he took matters into his own hands. He issued a motu proprio requiring clergy to swear an oath against these modernist forces. Unbelievably, it worked. And for 50 years the church was able to carry out its traditional mission.

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